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Originally Posted by The Fly I’m not sure how anyone saw this as “at least an NIT year.” They had one — ONE — proven commodity returning, Xerious Williams. And with his health issues, that proven commodity has been unproven. Baby D was a much-maligned role player whose offense this year has been a pleasant, even unexpected surprise. No one knew what we’d have in Josh Cunningham coming off an injury-plagued year, but he’s been a beast. And John Crosby at PG!?? Puh-lease. Other than that, all we knew was that four seniors, a coach and arguably the two best incoming recruits were history. So where, praytell, did you have confidence that this was “at least an NIT team?” Your clairvoyance was either badly misguided, perhaps fueled by unrealistic expectations that a bunch of freshmen and a totally untested Trey Landers were game changers, or your rose-colored glasses blinded you. Anthony Grant has yet to prove himself at Dayton, for sure, but no one could reasonably have forecast anything other than the kind of mediocre season we’re having. Frankly, yours is a straw man argument used primarily to beef up your anti-Grant projections. You may be right long-term in that AG might not pan out. But his credentials won’t be judged by this sorry season anymore than Archie’s resume would have had he stayed. He’ll be judged — as he should be — by the next two-three seasons with his recruits on the floor and his system firmly rooted. He’s not a miracle worker. And this inexperienced, unevenly talented roster proves it, because the only way it was tournament bound was with a miracle worker at the helm.

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None other than Jerry Palm, the bracketology guy for CBS, had us in the first four out last July